News Bits: Watch AltspaceVR’s Reveal Presentation Right Here (video)
Following the announcement of $5.2 million raised in seed funding, AltspaceVR revealed their exciting VR software to the public for the first time yesterday in a presentation at SVVR #13. Road to VR's Brian Hart was on the scene...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 79): Another Perspective on Gear VR from Nateight and Apieceoffruit
After our Gear VR Roundtable Chat last week, I was informed that not everyone in the VR community had the same warm and fuzzy feelings that were conveyed in our discussion. I felt the need to allow a few...
VRTGO 2014: Sony CEE – ‘Rebooting Game Design for Virtual Reality’, Live Blog @15:30 GMT
For developers who have predominantly worked in traditional screen-based game development, moving into development for VR titles can be a journey full of surprises, requiring new ways of approaching existing gameplay conceits and presenting many fresh opportunities for interaction...
VRTGO 2014: RSI – ‘Supporting VR in Star Citizen’, Live Blog @14:00 GMT
Star Citizen is of course the space combat game funded by a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign, which has pledged support for the Oculus Rift.
With VR still a developing technology, many games may opt to support VR rather than build...
AltspaceVR Seed Investment Tops $5.2 Million, Software Details Revealed Today at SVVR #13
Altspace VR has today announced significant follow-on funding to their initial investment round which more than doubles the company's seed funding, putting the total now at $5.2 million. The company, which has been largely in stealth mode, intends to...
VRTGO 2014: CCP Games – ‘EVE: Valkyrie – The Making of a Cross-platform VR Exclusive’, Live...
EVE: Valkyrie is a VR-exclusive, fast-paced space dog-fighting game from EVE: Online creators CCP Games. As one of the first games to showcase the incredible possibilities of VR technology in games, EVE: Valkyrie has played a pivotal role in...
ZeroLight to Demo Virtual Showroom Tech Using Rift DK2 at VRTGO Conference
ZeroLight, a UK-based digital visualization company, is adding virtual reality support to their virtual showroom engine. Doug Wolff, Executive Producer at ZeroLight, is set to speak tomorrow at the VRTGO conference about the company's work with virtual reality in...
NextVR Raises $5 Million for Live VR Broadcast Tech, Content to Come Pre-loaded on Samsung Gear...
NextVR, formerly Next3D, have announced a $5 million funding round designed to grow the company and develop their virtual reality live-broadcast technology. The company has been working with Samsung on Gear VR since before the reveal, and its stereoscopic...
10 Samsung Gear VR Panoramas from Immersive Media’s 360 Video Player ‘im360VR’
Considering that Samsung Gear VR is yet to go on sale, the breadth of content announced thus far is impressive. One thing that is clear however, Samsung and Oculus clearly see this device as much as a video delivery...
Guide: Play Minecraft on Oculus Rift DK2 Using the Minecrift Mod
As the world's best selling game, there's serious demand for Minecraft in virtual reality. While developer Mojang is busy with things other than VR, some enterprising folks have been unofficially adding Oculus Rift support to the game since the...















